The nature of plague in late eighteenth-century Egypt
A Mikhail - Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2008 - JSTOR
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2008•JSTOR
This article uses an examination of the 1791 plague in Egypt to explore the relationships
among disease, famine, flood, drought, and death in late eighteenth-century Egypt. It
analyzes how plague functioned as part of a regular biophysical pathology of the
environment in which the disease came and went as one iteration in a cycle that included
famine, wind, flood, drought, price inflation, and revolt. Using the works of Egyptian
chroniclers, archival materials, secondary studies, and traveler accounts, this article …
among disease, famine, flood, drought, and death in late eighteenth-century Egypt. It
analyzes how plague functioned as part of a regular biophysical pathology of the
environment in which the disease came and went as one iteration in a cycle that included
famine, wind, flood, drought, price inflation, and revolt. Using the works of Egyptian
chroniclers, archival materials, secondary studies, and traveler accounts, this article …
This article uses an examination of the 1791 plague in Egypt to explore the relationships among disease, famine, flood, drought, and death in late eighteenth-century Egypt. It analyzes how plague functioned as part of a regular biophysical pathology of the environment in which the disease came and went as one iteration in a cycle that included famine, wind, flood, drought, price inflation, and revolt. Using the works of Egyptian chroniclers, archival materials, secondary studies, and traveler accounts, this article integrates plague into the study of the Egyptian environment by showing how it was a regular and expected part of life in Egypt.
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